We're kicking things off at 2pm with a Mutt Strutt starting at the Taj Ma-Hound Bakery for Dogs and ending on the Solarium lawn. Costumes are welcome with prizes for Scariest, Goofiest, Prettiest, Funniest, Best Group Costume and Most Original.

Get your dog Microchipped by Animal Action Rescue.

Adopt a new family member from a local rescue.

Learn from the professional trainers at Frogs to Dogs. They'll be taking your questions and introducing the Emergency Animal Transport Vehicle, the first of its kind in GA.

And don't miss The Marketplace for cool new collars and leashes, delicious dog treats, doggie photography, apparel and lots more.

We even have fun events for the kids so please come out and support our first annual event!

Admission is free but we will be accepting donations for food, beverages and Dogtoberfest activities. Proceeds will benefit improvements to the Oakhurst Dog Park.For more information call Taj Ma-Hound at 404-377-9220.

Monday, September 28, 2009

The Saba location in Emory had a fire last week and will be closed for a few months. While they are rebuilding they are going to try their hand at lunch at the Oakhurst Village location and offer delivery to Oakhurst and Emory Mon-Fri 12-2 and 6pm-9pm every day.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

When DeKalb County officials first conceived of Arabia Mountain High School, they meant to relieve crowded campuses in one of metro Atlanta’s most booming suburbs.Then the boom went bust. Enrollment eased. And the public school, which is located outside I-285 in southeast DeKalb, opened last month with a very different plan: A state-of-the-art, $48-million facility boasting some of the newest and most challenging high school magnet programs open to students countywide. If they decided to come.

Now, seven weeks since opening, enrollment at DeKalb’s newest high school is on target with 1,016 students in grades 9-11. The school will add a senior class next year, bringing it to about 1,400.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Fall is upon us and that means it is time to get your tickets for the Decatur Education Foundation's Low Country Boil! Once again this year promises to be a great party with great food prepared by Badda Bing chefs Michael Condon and Ray Allen, great beer provided by our sponsor Victory Brewing Company and great music by The Dammages featuring Tammy Dammann and all for a great cause - the children and youth of Decatur!

A new photography exhibition commissioned by Fernbank Museum reveals Georgia’s golden history through the work of students at Atlanta’s Portfolio Center. Georgia’s Heart of Gold features 41 photographs that showcase gold’s local and historic influence—from modern-day gold panners to gold medal winners, from gold records to gold “grillz,” and from Dahlonega’s gold mines to the State Capitol’s gold dome.

Georgia’s Heart of Gold was created through a partnership between Fernbank Museum and the Portfolio Center to complement the Museum’s simultaneous presentation of GOLD

Avoid the rush! Purchase advance tickets for GOLD by phone at 404.929.6400 or online.

Get ready for another fun time with family and friends; it's the 2nd Annual Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day Pep Rally, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, Tuesday, October 6th on the Decatur Square.

Join us on the square for music, games, prizes, entertainment and special guests. The following day, Wednesday, Oct. 7th, is National Walk to School Day. Decatur Active Living staff and parent volunteers will be out that morning at Clairemont, Oakhurst and Winnona Park elementary schools and Glennwood Academy with healthy snacks for students and coffee for parents.

For more information on the pep rally, Walk to School Day, or the Decatur Safe Routes to School program, please contact Greg White, 678-553-6543.

September 24, 2009, – After the success of last year’s inaugural event, participants will once again return to Decatur’s Dearborn Park on Saturday, November 7th to root out invasive plants for the 2nd annual Park Renewal Day competition. Last year, this joint effort of Renewal Design-Build, the DeKalb County Parks Department, and City of Decatur’s Active Living Division, had over 100 participants – all competing for prize money – clear more than an acre of English ivy and Chinese privet from the park. Dearborn was chosen for the competition again due to the large amount of invasive species and debris not yet cleared from the park.

This year’s participating teams will compete for big prize money with the five highest-scoring groups taking home $1,000, $500, $300, $200, and $100, respectively. Each team’s assigned plot will be scored by County Park experts and local celebrities. The judging panel for this year’s event will include Decatur’s own Mayor Bill Floyd.

Teams eligible to participate in the competition include school organizations, Boy Scout troops, religious groups, and any group of people willing to come together, help the park, and raise funds. A number of last year’s teams competed for charitable causes. The winning team, “Invasive and Persuasive,” donated their prize money to the group’s church, and third prize winner, the Decatur High School Bulldog Booster Club, handed over their winnings to a competing team of Decatur High students trying to raise funds to attend President Obama’s inauguration.

Prizes will be awarded after the competition, along with food and live music.

The 2nd annual Park Renewal Day will take place on Saturday, November 7th at Dearborn Park. For more information on Park Renewal Day and how to register, visit ParkRenewalDay.com.

Hope you are all drying out from the past weather. Our great new Fall merchandise is here, and will be continuing to come until mid October. We are adding Woolrich this year!

In the meantime, we still need to move out the rest of our summer attire. All summer shoes, short sleeve shirts, and shorts are CLEARANCE PRICED. Many items are more than 50% off! Please come take them from us. These are final sales, though.See you in soon,

The 21st annual Decatur Garden Tour takes place this weekend, September 26 and 27. 13 beguiling gardens across this charming intown community are featured. Fall colors, rare and native plants, fountains, koi ponds and sculpture by local artists are all in store for visitors. Highlights include a Japanese-style garden featured in Backyard Living magazine and the renowned “garden rooms” of noted author and designer Ryan Gainey’s private home. The tour features Saturday evening hours, during which visitors can explore two gardens along with music and wine.

The tour is a benefit for the Decatur Preservation Alliance, a non-profit citizens’ group dedicated to preserving Decatur’s historic structures and greenspaces, and the Oakhurst Community Garden Project, a non-profit center dedicated to preserving community greenspace and cultivating the next generation of environmental stewards.

Tour hours are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Rain or shine. Tickets are $20 in advance (through September 25) or $25 the day of the tour. Children 12 and under are free.

I'll have a Cherry Lime Ricky and a Hard Boiled Egg.....Oh, and I've just found.. the internet.

Cherry Lime Ricky Recipe

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Preparation Instructions by The Food Network:Put the cherries, lime, and sugar into a large rocks glass. Muddle the fruit and sugar by pressing them with a pestle or a wooden spoon until juicy and fragrant. Add the gin and chopped ice. Cover with a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously, or stir, until combined and chilled, about 30 seconds. (In general, by the time the shaker mists up the drink is ready.) Serve.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

"Mad Men's" top victory last year was historic. Never before in Emmy history had a basic cable show won best series, either drama or comedy. Was it a fluke? Or are TV academy voters still crazy about "Mad Men" now? Our Emmy gurus/ forum moderators Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Robert "Rob L" Licuria (AwardsHeaven.net) believe it will prevail easily and explain why below. Also read their expanded, insightful views on these categories; best comedy series, lead comedy actor, lead comedy actress, supporting comedy actor, supporting comedy actress, guest comedy actor, guest comedy actress, comedy writing, comedy directing, best lead drama actor, lead drama actress, lead actor in movie/mini and lead actress in a movie/mini. See Boomer, Rob and I battle over which shows may win best comedy series in our video slugfest here. See a chart of predix by top journalists here. Read more predix in our forums.

What started as a lively backyard party has grown into one of the community's most anticipated annual events. The Decatur Education Foundation's Low Country Boil, now in its seventh year, is taking place on October 22, 2009, at the Solarium in Oakhurst.

Besides offering sumptuous food and drink prepared by Chefs Michael Condon and Ray Allen of Badda Bing and live music by The Dammages featuring Tammy Dammaan, the event raises critical funds for programs that support the children of our community. As in past years Decatur "personalities" will serve as guest chefs and servers to add local flavor.

Businesses interested in sponsoring this the event can click here to download a sponsor form or email gail@educationfoundation.org for more information. Tickets are $50. You can purchase tickets online at www.decaturlowcountryboil.com or send a check to:

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Decatur Education Foundation works to help Decatur Youth realize their full potential, not only in the classroom but also through learning experiences that contribute to personal development. MORE >

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes will lead a public relations campaign to encourage county residents to talk to federal census workers.County CEO Burrell Ellis, who noted that federal grants and other funding are tied to population size, appointed Stokes Wednesday to lead DeKalb’s Complete Count Committee and “maximize” the population count for the 2010 census.ajc story

Nearly 4 million items — from books to movies — were checked out of DeKalb County public libraries last year.The 3,988,770 items checked out during the fiscal year that ended June 30 account for a 6 percent increase from 2007. The increase came despite having eight of the 22 branches closed for renovations.ajc story

Joe Gransden has already performed worldwide and released four CDs under his own name. Renowned first for the hard bop approach of his trumpet, Gransden's singing voice has been compared to that of Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra. www.joegransden.com

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Enjoy a mid-week lunchtime music break every Wednesday in September at the Community Bandstand on the square in downtown Decatur. Free. Bring your lunch or purchase a special to-go lunch from a nearby restaurant and enjoy live performances from a variety of artists. Brought to you by Decatur Business Association and SunTrust Bank.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Allen Wilson Terrace, named for a minister, houses 200 families. When it is rebuilt, there will be public housing for 190.ajc photoby Ty Tagami

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Decatur, GAThe heavy equipment parked along one of Decatur’s main streets will soon tear into the city’s biggest public housing project.Allen Wilson Terrace along Commerce Drive has sheltered some of Decatur’s poorest residents since 1941. City housing officials say they’ve done their best to maintain the buildings but that now must be replaced.

The destruction of old public housing is nothing new. For years, the Atlanta Housing Authority has garnered national attention for its policy of razing old projects and replacing them with higher-end private condos. Many of the old tenants were dispersed into neighborhoods across metro Atlanta using Section 8 vouchers, in an effort to eliminate concentrations of poverty.

But Decatur is bucking that trend. The little city — it’s only four square miles — has promised a home in the rebuilt project for every tenant.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

ABOUT THE PLAYJoin us as we open our 30th season with Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, revitalized from its successful run in 1984 during 7 Stages’ 5th Season. With a score including some of the greatest songs in theater such as "Aquarius," "Hair" and "Let the Sunshine In," Hair illuminates the gripping cultural movement of the 60's and 70's that transformed a generation. Saturday, Sept 12 – 8pm (Opening Night Celebration!)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Stevi B’s expects to have about 50 stores by the end of 2010, Loney said. In addition to Gainesville, a restaurant will open near Northlake Mall in Atlanta in late October.

Much of the expansion will come outside metro Atlanta, with Florida and California key growth markets, Loney said.

Stevi B’s faces challenges. Same-store sales have dropped about 5 percent so far this year, Loney said. It’s core customers, families with incomes of $68,000 a year, have been hit by the recession, he said.

Some pizza buffet chains also have lowered prices to as low as $2.99, pulling away traffic, Loney said. Stevi B’s emphasis on quality will pay off, he said, bringing back price-sensitive customers as the economy recovers but also drawing higher-income families.

According to Dave over at the inDECATUR Pharm House Restaurant has taken over Carribean Harry's space. You can read all about it over at his site with pictures of some food, and menu.I thought something was going on because I did not see the Carribean Harry's sign over the week-end.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Jon Scieszka at The Decatur Book Festival telling one of his storys from his book "KNUCKLEHEAD" The story he told was the Car Trip:Chapter 33: Car Trip

Of all the Scieszka brother memories, I believe it was a family car trip that gave us our finest moment of brotherhood. We were driving cross-country from Michigan to Florida, all of us, including the family cat (a guy cat, naturally), in the family station wagon. Somewhere mid-trip we stopped at one of those Stuckey's rest-stop restaurants to eat and load up on Stuckey's candy.

We ate lunch, ran around like maniacs in the warm sun, then packed back into the station wagon—Mom and Dad up front, Jim, Jon, Tom, Gregg, Brian, Jeff, and the cat in back. Somebody dropped his Stuckey's Pecan Log Roll on the floor. The cat found it and must have scarfed every bit of it, because two minutes later we heard that awful ack ack ack sound of a cat getting ready to barf.

The cat puked up the pecan nut log. Jeff, the youngest and smallest (and closest to the floor) was the first to go. He got one look and whiff of the pecan-nut cat yack and blew his own sticky lunch all over the cat. The puke-covered cat jumped on Brian. Brian barfed on Gregg. Gregg upchucked on Tom. Tom burped a bit of Stuckey lunch back on Gregg. Jim and I rolled down the windows and hung out as far as we could, yelling in group-puke horror.

Dad didn't know what had hit the back of the car. No time to ask questions. He just pulled off to the side of the road. All of the brothers—Jim, Jon, Tom, Gregg, Brian, and Jeff—spilled out of the puke wagon and fell in the grass, gagging and yelling and laughing until we couldn't laugh anymore.

What does it all mean? What essential guy wisdom did I learn from this?

Stick with your brothers. Stick up for your brothers. And if you ever drop a pecan nut log in a car with your five brothers and the cat . . . you will probably stick to your brothers.

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The Court House looks so much better without that bandstand built in the middle of the front steps. Why would they block the front view. Why don't they move it to the left about 100 feet over in the grass area.

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